There are programs that will allow access to and editing of documents via
WEBDAV, but there really is no good free file management WEBDAV solution for
Windows. The problem with commercial solutions for Windows is that people or
organizations don't want to pay for a solution which is suppose to be "open"
or perceived as something which should be free. For example, I don't know
anyone willing to pay $55 for WebDrive. My employer (budget challenged
government agency) looked into WEBDAV for a project and found non-commercial
Windows solutions just didn't cut it and we were not willing to pay over
$1000 for WebDrive clients when FTP can be done for free. So we decided to
go with FTP because of the number of free client options that work in
Windows. Because our organization is exclusively Windows based, we've pretty
much given up on WEBDAV and stuck with FTP for file/document exchange
solutions.
 
Gary T. Schultz
IT Administrator
Wisconsin Dept. of Commerce
608-266-1283
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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From: Mark Lavi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 5:16 PM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: RE: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WebDAV setup on Windows XP



There are many other WebDAV implementations for Windows/Java/etc, see:
http://webdav.org/projects/ <http://webdav.org/projects/>  for commercial
and open source options. You'll find a number of packages are an editor with
WebDAV abilities.

 

Your mileage will vary on performance since every link in the chain between
client, network, and server will impact response rates. I've never
benchmarked other clients versus Microsoft network drive WebDAV performance
against Apache, but it shouldn't be too hard to beat. :-)

 

--Mark 

Mark Lavi, Enterprise Web Management Team @ SGI
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] || phone:+1-650-933-7707
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From: Steve Pfister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 12:17 PM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: RE: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WebDAV setup on Windows XP

 

I've got it working now (sort of). It seems to function, but so far it's
unusably slow. Are there any better alternatives for the Windows platform?

 

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From: Vinay Y S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 2:20 PM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WebDAV setup on Windows XP

 

Webdav in Windows products is broken beyond any hope. Even in Windows XP Pro
it doesn't work with certain combinations of updates and patches. Also, MS
Office products understand webdav. Even they don't work in all installations
as expected. Many a times they start talking FPSE. 
Checkout http://greenbytes.com/ <http://greenbytes.com/> 
http://greenbytes.com/tech/webdav/webdav-redirector-list.html
<http://greenbytes.com/tech/webdav/webdav-redirector-list.html> 
http://greenbytes.com/tech/webdav/webfolder-client-list.html
<http://greenbytes.com/tech/webdav/webfolder-client-list.html> 
http://greenbytes.com/tech/webdav/webdavfaq.html
<http://greenbytes.com/tech/webdav/webdavfaq.html> 

Also look at Microsoft KB articles. Search on MSDN for "webdav" "web
folders" etc. 
Overall, its quite hopeless.
For your specific problems there are hacks available on the net.
specifically a module that sits before auth and (de)mangles the username.

-- 
Vinay

On 11/22/06, Mark Lavi <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote:

This is a well known "feature" of Windows XP Home and later editions.

Workaround: use a port number after the domain, or use a trailing /. or
a /# on any URL to use WebDAV properly in the setup wizard. 

    * e.g.: http://www.atarex.com:80 <http://www.atarex.com:80> 
    * e.g.: http://www.atarex.com/ <http://www.atarex.com/> .
    * e.g.: https://www.atarex.com/#  <https://www.atarex.com/> 

Explanation: the :port number on the domain name, the trailing slash dot
"/.", or slash pound "/#" at the end of the URL prevents the bug which
interprets the resource as a SMB network drive. 

Additional editorial and background here:
http://www.atarex.com/services/support/webdav-msft.shtml
<http://www.atarex.com/services/support/webdav-msft.shtml> 

--Mark
Mark Lavi, Enterprise Web Management Team @ SGI 
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  || phone:+1-650-933-7707
-----Original Message-----
From: William A. Rowe, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 1:42 PM 
To: users@httpd.apache.org <mailto:users@httpd.apache.org> 
Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WebDAV setup on Windows XP

You seem to be confusing auth_sspi (ntlm) auth with basic auth.  Or it's
an issue with your client - do you have another non-Microsoft dav client 
to try?  And see conf/extras/httpd-dav.conf for an example.

Steve Pfister wrote:
> Sorry if this is a FAQ... I'm trying to set up an Apache server
(2.2.3, I
> think) on XP and I'd like to setup WebDAV on it. Is there any 
> documentation on this? I can't seem to authenticate... I've got an
> htpasswd generated authentication file, but it keeps wanting the
> username in the form machinename\username. I'm not sure how to go 
beyond
> this point.
>
>
>
> Thank you!
>

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